by Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY Sports

by Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY Sports

LOS ANGELES â?? Prosecutors here have turned over 10 compact discs of evidence in the Darren Sharper date-rape case after the former NFL star's attorneys this week accused them of withholding it from them.

Sharper and his attorneys appeared in court here Friday and were prepared to ask a judge to order the release of such evidence to them. But Judge Renee Korn said Friday the issue was moot after prosecutors provided the CDs Friday.

Korn then set a date of June 10 for Sharper's next court appearance. He has been in jail since Feb. 27 and faces charges of drugging and raping two women in Los Angeles in October in January. He faces similar charges of drugging and raping two women in Arizona in November.

He has pleaded not guilty.

As the first state to file charges against him, California plans to try its case against him first. Authorities in Arizona have filed a governor's warrant for his extradition there but said they will wait until the California case is over.

Police had suspected Sharper of date-raping nine women in five states: two in Los Angeles, two in Las Vegas, two in Tempe, Ariz., two in New Orleans and one in Miami Beach.

So far, he faces charges only in Los Angeles and Arizona, with investigations pending in New Orleans and Las Vegas. The other case â?? in Miami Beach â?? has been closed due to a lack of evidence, police told USA TODAY Sports Thursday.

Authorities say the active cases follow a pattern. After partying with the women, they say Sharper raped them after spiking their drinks with a sleep aid, Ambien, for which he has a prescription.

In court filings this week , Sharper's attorneys noted that DNA matching other men was found on his two alleged victims here in October and January.

In Arizona, a judge ruled last month that the evidence was strong enough against Sharper in the case of one alleged victim to deny him bond â?? a key ruling that has helped keep in custody indefinitely. In making his ruling there, Judge Warren Granville cited evidence that showed DNA partially matching Sharper's DNA inside the vagina of the woman, who was identified in court as Victim B.

In Arizona, a judge ruled last month that the evidence was strong enough against Sharper in the case of one alleged victim to deny him bond â?? a key ruling that has helped keep in custody indefinitely. In making his ruling there, Judge Warren Granville cited evidence that showed DNA partially matching Sharper's DNA inside the vagina of the woman, who was identified in court as Victim B.

Sharper's attorney, Skip Donau, noted that no sperm from Sharper was found on any of the alleged victims in Arizona. But Arizona prosecutor Yigael Cohen had a surprise response to that. He elicited testimony from Tempe Det. Kevin Mace that revealed that Sharper allegedly had undergone a vasectomy, which could account for the lack of sperm.

The lack of sperm evidence from Sharper was a key defense in the Arizona case. In the Los Angeles case, his attorneys also have noted sperm was found on one of the alleged victims but that Sharper has been excluded as being the major contributor of that sperm evidence.

That's why the vasectomy is relevant to prosecutors: It would explain that particular lack of evidence.

Sharper's attorneys have not denied the vasectomy. But they have attacked Mace's testimony about it, saying he lied about where he learned about it. Under oath, he said he learned that Los Angeles police had medical records about it and that he also learned about it from Victim A, the other alleged rape victim in Arizona who had a prior sexual relationship with Sharper.

Mace told Cohen after the hearing that he misspoke when he testified that Los Angeles police had medical records about the vasectomy. He confirmed he learned about the procedure from Victim A.

It might not matter to the judge, however. Granville said he didn't give the testimony about the vasectomy any weight in making his ruling.

As a result, Sharper remains in jail, with his next court date set for June. He was initially arrested in January in Los Angeles, where he posted $200,000 bond. Los Angeles Judge Renee Korn later increased that bond to $1 million after the other cases came to light. But Sharper's freedom didn't last. On Feb. 27, Sharper surrendered in Los Angeles after New Orleans authorities issued a warrant for his arrest.

Korn said she was inclined to release Sharper unless New Orleans authorities soon filed formal charges against him. They declined to do so, making it appear Sharper was headed toward freedom until March 11, when an Arizona grand jury indicted him for the two alleged date rapes there in November. The charges there didn't provide for bond, leading Korn to keep him in jail.